1. Huntsville City Schools Student Performance Trends
Dr. Barbara J. Cooper
Deputy Superintendent
February 18, 2016

2. Excellence in Education Awards
Areas
                     Elementary
                           P-8
                      Middle
                       High
Highest Performance
Greatest Growth
Attendance
Monte Sano NA
ASFL
Westlawn
HHS and Grissom
Discipline
Lakewood and Challenger
Montview
Mt. Gap
HCMS
Lee
ELA BM
Hampton Cove ES
Lakewood
AAA
New Century HS
Johnson
Math BM
HHS
Columbia
Science BM
New Century
Lee 
SS BM
Blossomwood
Challenger

3. SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS FACTS SUPPORTS
went from 9 to 2 failing schools
Westlawn, Dawson and Lakewood came off the failing schools list this year
SUPPORTS
PreK
Feeder pattern Elementary schools showing growth
Johnson and McNair have started meeting with the feeder schools to align supports
Johnson will continue work towards improving the graduation rate; increased
graduation rate from 62% to 85%.
Continue our scholarship efforts; increased scholarships at Johnson by 257%
New Programs to support student engagement: AVID, Advanced Manufacturing, Cybersecurity, Cyberpatriots Team, Greenpower
Working with leadership to ensure administrators and teachers receive the necessary
PD and support with rigorous and relevant instruction
Instructional Directors meet frequently with the principal to support with plans for the upcoming school year

4. Racial breakdown of HCS school population

5. Credit Recovery Course Failures
% of Students Failing at Least One Core Course
Course type by % of Failures – 1st Semester
All Students in Grade from 1st 9 Weeks
27%

6. Attendance and Tardy Goals
Attendance – ADA (1st Semester)
Tardy Rate (1st Semester)

7. District Schoolnet Proficiency
Percent of Students Proficient on Schoolnet by Subject
Subject

8. Proficiency by teacher
Proficiency by Course/Teacher on Schoolnet BM 2
Proficiency by teacher and course on ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies are graphed for each school, along with school and district averages

9. Fall Survey Score by Department for High School – % Favorable
FALL STUDENT SURVEYS
Fall Survey Score by Department for
High School – % Favorable
Fall Survey Score by School Type – % Favorable

10. ES PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
TRENDS
All Elementary Schools met attendance goal of at least 95%
Math Benchmarks increased in all ES schools
ELEMENTARY CELEBRATIONS
Average increase of math benchmark scores by 10 percentile points
All schools have participated in Culturally Responsive Training and are implementing strategies in the equity trajectory
NEXT STEPS
Alabama Reading Initiative PD for teachers and administrators
Provide all ES schools PBIS (Positive Behavior Support) training
INSTRUCTIONAL FOCI
Implement strategies to increase ELA proficiency
Continued focus on acceleration of math

11. P-8 SCHOOLS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
TRENDS
All P-8 schools met attendance goal of at least 95%
Math benchmarks increased overall
P-8 Celebrations
Increase in Schoolnet math benchmark scores as compared to Benchmark I
All schools have participated in Culturally Responsive Training and are implementing strategies in the equity trajectory
Next Steps
Provide professional development in PBIS model for all schools
Focus on effective lesson planning and teacher collaboration
Instructional Foci
Increasing rigor and authentic student engagement
Increasing literacy and ELA proficiency scores through the implementation of research-based instructional strategies

12. MS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
TRENDS
Increase in math Schoolnet benchmark scores
MS Celebrations
Due to equity training the relationships between teachers and their students have improved
Middle Schools met the districts attendance goal of at least 95%
All schools have participated in Culturally Responsive Training and are implementing strategies
in the equity trajectory
Only district in the state that has a Project Lead the Way in every school.
Next Steps
Alabama Reading Initiative professional development
Continue to work on classroom management strategies to address the disparity in disciplinary referrals
Principals will use Student Surveys for classroom climate improvement plans
Instructional Foci
ELA – Integrate literacy strategies
Instructional Partners will turn around the ARI PD to focus on the differentiation.

13. HS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW
TRENDS
Disparities between regular and honors Benchmark scores are large
Math benchmarks increased overall
HS Celebrations
All high schools were trained in PBIS
All schools have gone through Culturally Responsive Training
Decrease in discipline referrals at Lee High School. The discipline referrals went down from 21% to 9% because of the relationships formed by teachers with students.
Increased certifications in Career Academies
Only district in the state that has a Project Lead the Way in every school.
Next Steps
Address District attendance goals through PBIS
Address the disparities in discipline referrals
Increasing supports for courses through AVID Electives and AVID support
Identifying power standards in each course
Principals will use Student Surveys for classroom climate improvement plans
Instructional Foci
Increased amount of Math PD to strengthen support in the Math curriculum

14. ALIGNMENT IS KEY Teacher Effectiveness Committee
Teacher Representative at every school
Formalize our mentoring program for new teachers
Alignment of Code of Conduct with Instruction
Teacher Liaison to champion behavioral supports at all schools
Formalizing the Problem Solving Team (PST) Process
Creating processes to formally support students with the most chronic behaviors